... The major characters are Oliver Twist, Mr. Bumble, Fagin, and Monks. The minor characters are Mrs. Corney, Mr. Brownlow, Sikes, Nancy, and Rose. The evil characters would be Mr. Bumble, Fagin, Monks, Sikes, and Mrs. Corney. The other characters play a significant role in Oliver's well-being. Mr. Brownlow plays the ... a large inheritance from his dead mother. The morally good characters think Oliver is brave and honest. The morally evil characters think Oliver was meant for a life of theft. Oliver must conquer the evil desires that await him so he can gain the inheritance. Monks is the o...

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... bad and good. Before I go any deeper into the subject of what Dickens intended to get across to the reader, I will look at the characters. The real evil characters in Oliver Twist are Fagin- the gang leader; Monks - Oliver's jealous half brother; and Bill Sikes - a violent thief and murderer. The book does not ... for killing Nancy, he dies because of his conscience. He is not actually described as repulsive, so it may be that the author did not consider Sikes evil, merely stupid. The good characters are slightly less interesting, in my opinion. They all serve the same purpose in story - ...

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... , Jo becomes the "Tough Subject". In fact "few people are known in Tom All Alone's by any Christian sign" (BH 358) Isolated from Christian civilisation, they have evolved into meer symbols of their harsh and inhumane expereince. That they lack this intergration makes their potential to take their revenge from the world that has bread them all the more poignant. In ... caution was not unheeded by Dickens. The shortcomings of those in charge could easily provoke "many a deed of violence and blooshed" especially if men continued to "calmly look at the evil before such dangers force it upon ...

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... a blacksmith, and it is quite appropriate, given Joe's helping Pip with his sister, that images used around Joe are warmth and light. Orlick is seen throughout the novel as an evil presence, and he is paralleled with the dark, glum, and dank marshes that he lives in. Another one of the main characters, Magwitch, around whom one of the main themes ... crying and shrieking. This is also part of Dickens" major theme of injustice, and he sets a negative tone to show his contempt for the system. The convicts awaiting sentence are symbols of the effects of this injustice. The judge's characte...

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• Grade Level: High School